llRequestPermissions( key agent, integer permissions );
Ask agent for permissions to run certain classes of functions.
• key | agent | – | avatar UUID that is in the same region | |
• integer | permissions | – | Permission mask (bitfield containing the permissions to request). |
Script execution continues without waiting for a response. When a response is given, a run_time_permissions event is put in the event queue.
Constants | Action | Category | Granter | Automatically granted when… | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PERMISSION_DEBIT | 0x2 | take money from agent’s account | Money | Owner | |
PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS | 0x4 | take agent’s controls | Control | Anyone | sat on, attached |
PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION | 0x10 | start or stop Animations on agent | Animation | Anyone | sat on, attached |
PERMISSION_ATTACH | 0x20 | attach/detach from agent | Attachment | Owner or Anyone | attached |
PERMISSION_CHANGE_LINKS | 0x80 | change links | Link | Owner | |
PERMISSION_TRACK_CAMERA | 0x400 | track the agent’s camera position and rotation | Camera | Anyone | sat on, attached |
PERMISSION_CONTROL_CAMERA | 0x800 | control the agent’s camera (must be sat on or attached; automatically revoked on stand or detach) |
Camera | Anyone | sat on, attached |
PERMISSION_TELEPORT | 0x1000 | teleport the agent | Teleport | Anyone[1] | |
PERMISSION_SILENT_ESTATE_MANAGEMENT | 0x4000 | manage estate access without notifying the owner of changes | Estate | Owner | |
PERMISSION_OVERRIDE_ANIMATIONS | 0x8000 | configure the overriding of default animations on agent | Animation | Anyone | attached |
PERMISSION_RETURN_OBJECTS | 0x10000 | Used by llReturnObjectsByOwner and llReturnObjectsByID to return objects from parcels | Cleanup | Owner, Group Owner |
Caveats
- A dialog is presented to the agent to grant these permissions except when granted automatically as shown in the table above.
- If object is attached to agent, “automatic” permissions are granted without notification upon request.
- Permissions persist across state changes.
- Regardless of whether granting is automatic, you should always use the run_time_permissions event. Granting permissions takes time, and you shouldn’t assume it’s completed until the run_time_permissions handler gets invoked.
- The menu-option “Stop Animating Me” will release certain permissions (PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION and PERMISSION_OVERRIDE_ANIMATIONS), if the script which holds these permissions is in the same region as the agent, and the script is not attached to the permission granter.
- Permissions do not accumulate.
- If a permission was requested with a previous call to this function and granted, then in subsequent call was not requested, that permission is released (lost).
- To request two or more permissions at the same time, use the bitwise OR (|) operator, e.g.:
llRequestPermissions(AvatarID, PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS | PERMISSION_TRIGGER_ANIMATION)
Permissions are requested and granted separately for each script, even if they are located in the same object.
- It is currently not possible to request no permissions at all (see Issues below); as a workaround llResetScript can be used.
- Scripts may hold permissions for only one agent at a time. To hold permissions for multiple agents you must use more than one script.
- The result of granting permissions affects the return of llGetPermissions and llGetPermissionsKey immediately, despite the run_time_permissions event being queued, or dropped if the object’s event queue is full.
- Permission request dialogs never time out.
- If a script makes two permission requests, whichever response is last is considered the granted permissions.
- The viewer limits permission requests from any agent to any other agent to 5 dialogs in 10 seconds.
- Permission requests and changing state …
- Requesting a permission in one state, then changing state before the agent response, will cause run_time_permissions to be fired in the new state once the agent responds.
- Requesting only auto-granted permissions in one state, then immediately changing state, will never fire run_time_permissions.
Credit to LSL Portal with changes for brevity and clarity.